The Road Starts Here
Oregon tests its No. 17 ranking against Washington State
Kris Henry
The 17th-ranked man s (rnsketball team can add to
its must successful start in 20 years when it takes on
Washington State tonight at 7 in Pullman _
The thinks have won eight straight games the
most sin< e 1075 7fi
when they won
nine in a row —
and face a gritty
Cougar team that
upset Arizona and
Arizona State in
their previous
home contests
O r e g o n,
111 overall and 3
0 in conference, is
in a position to
remain atop the
P a c i f i c • 1 0
Conference with a
victory, and con
trols its own des
tins .is the team
climbs the top 25
national rankings
" There's
two things we've tried to do since we've lieen here,"
Oregon head coin h Jem C.reen said "One is to try to
get lictter every day and I do think we re (letter
“And No. 2 is to try to gain some respei t 1 do think
we've gained respec I internally from our players, and
they have a lot more confidence than they did liefore
I think we're also gaining respect externally from the
people who follow our basketball team
Respect is something the Cougars (ti-5, 2-2) gained
early when they dismantled two nationally ranked
programs in their first two games of the league season.
Washington State has had to settle for the middle of
the Pnc-10, though, after losing to UCLA and tJSC on
the road last week Hut the Cougars w ill be looking to
close the i onferem e gap with a win over Oregon.
Oregon split meetings a year ago with the Cougars,
winning at Pullman, OH 87, but losing a hearthreaker
OREGON BASKETBALL
Oregon at
WSU,
tonight, 7
p.m.
■ Next:
Oregon at
Washington, Saturday.
7 p.m.
■ Notable: The Ducks have
won eight straight games on
their way to a 11 -1 record
and a No. 17 ranking in this
week's Associated Press
poll
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Providing he stays out ol toul trouble, Jett Potter and his aggressive rebounding
could help the Ducks leave Pullman with a victory over Washington State
Ducks put to the test against visiting Cougars
HOBT! TCSMEOKJCfni »!
Recent strong defense could help the surging women's basketball
team beat Washington State tonight at 7:30 p m. at McArthur Court.
Mark McTyre
CAHOOT! i Uu-> f "wr&i t
The Oregon women's basket
ball team is on a roll, having won
four of its last five games. At
stake tonight against the visiting
Washington State Cougars is a
second-place ranking in the
Pacific-10 < ion Terence
The Ducks (') il, 2-1) will
attempt to extend their three
game home-court winning streak
against the Cougars {9-41. w ho are
[leaking as they visit Oregon
The Cougars snapped a three
game losing streak in a big way
as they took a pair from UCLA
(B5-8Q) and nationally ranked
USC (61-60) last weekend at
home.
The main reason for the
Cougars' resurgence has come
from their proficiency on the
offensive end of the court The
Pac-10's second-best scoring con
tingent (79.0 avg ) has benefited
from four regulars shooting (let
ter than 50 percent from the field
and a trio of double-digit scorers
Heading the pack of Cougars
has been guard/forwnrd Jenni
Ruffs 13 8 (>oints and 4 5 assists
per game, with hirticn Kilts
adding t t ft points and a team
high ft i rehounds per contest
!'m not sure our kids knew
what W ishington State was i apt
hie of until they beat USC. but
they do now,” Oregon head
coach Jody Ktmge said.
The Dut.ks will rtdv on a
strong defense to stop the
Cougars Defense has been tin
key to f )regon’s suet ess, with the
team leading the conference in
field-goal percentage defense
(3H ft percent) and ranking fourth
in st oring defense (ft!) 0 average).
Along with a strong defensive
game plan, the Ducks also will
txi looking for the same produc
tivity they has been ret eiving
from their offense
Ariantu* Hover, Sally Crowe
and Renat! Fegent have remained
as the consistent storing trio for
the Ducks The three have com
bined to average 47 ft points a
game in conference play.
Boyer and Crowe have already
been compared to the elite in
Oregon history Few Oregon
standouts have possessed the
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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The toughest
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the Pac 10 is to yen
on the road on
Saturday after los
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— Bill Frteder
Amona State head coach
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